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Russian imperial vase salutes crushing naval victory of Navarino

11 August 2025

Piece made by St Petersburg factory was produced to mark 1827 allied triumph over Ottoman forces

You can make customs declarations without specialist help

11 August 2025

Response and update to customs declarations legal column

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Buttons were a bright idea to find the lost Franklin Expedition crews in the Arctic

11 August 2025

During Edward Belcher’s fruitless two-year search for the lost Franklin expedition from 1852-54, many attempts were made to communicate with Inuit hunters in the hope they would have news of Franklin’s men.

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Precious metals prices: issue 2705

11 August 2025

On Friday, August 8, Michael Bloomstein of Brighton was paying the following for bulk scrap against a gold fix of: $3398.00 €2907.34 £2528.12

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Football shirt recalls when Puskás played on Kilmarnock turf

11 August 2025

Hard to believe perhaps in today’s glamorous world of the Champions League, but the great Ferenc Puskás (1927-2006) and Real Madrid once graced the turf of Scottish football club Kilmarnock.

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Parrot prized by a princess now immortalised in micromosaic form

11 August 2025

According to tradition, supported by handwritten documents, this 19th century, gold-mounted micromosaic brooch was given by Prussian King Frederick William III to his second wife Auguste von Harrach, Princess of Liegnitz.

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Obituary - Angus Lloyd (1935-2025)

11 August 2025

Angus had a long and successful business career across many fields especially at Henri-Lloyd, the yachting outfitters, but in the arts world he was the owner and director of Burlington Paintings and Burlington Gallery for many years.

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News in brief including a Ben Nicholson acquired by a museum

11 August 2025

A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a Ben Nicholson picture purchased by a museum,

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Portobello Road antiques dealers call for rethink on new anti-terrorism barriers

11 August 2025

Barriers installed by Kensington and Chelsea council as terrorism prevention are causing problems for local businesses including antiques dealers.

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The face of Burne-Jones by the hand of Rossetti

11 August 2025

Two works catalogued as ‘circle of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82)’ caught the attention at a recent sale at Keys in Aylsham, one creeping over estimate but the other smashing it spectacularly.

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Items of dress fit for an emperor adorn Vienna saleroom

11 August 2025

Even though the Austro-Hungarian monarchy was abolished in 1918, there is still no shortage of nostalgic buyers for memorabilia and relics from the House of Habsburg.

I’d far rather be dealing in books as I used to do

11 August 2025

Book dealer vents his frustrations with red tape

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Thunderbird 2 takes off in Teesside

11 August 2025

As with many popular film and TV brands such as James Bond and The Avengers, manufacturers were eager to cash in on Thunderbirds with an array of merchandise.

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Bell’s toast to a ninth title for Rangers FC

11 August 2025

Modern-day observers of the Scottish football scene could be forgiven for thinking that Celtic dominance is perfectly normal.

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A different kind of showhome: fairground living van finds new owner

11 August 2025

This classic showman’s living van was made in c.1935 by Hurst’s of Retford for Charles Tuby of Doncaster.

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The need for speed - toy tributes to the record breakers

11 August 2025

A trio of racing car models captures the excitement of 20th century land speed record attempts.

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Turkestan textiles take high sums at German auction

11 August 2025

Textiles from the nomadic Tekke tribe of Turkestan were highly sought after at Rippon Boswell’s (25% buyer’s premium) May 31 auction in Wiesbaden.

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Bid Barometer: issue 2705

11 August 2025

ATG’s pick of auction lots bought by internet bidders on thesaleroom.com, featuring both the highest prices over-estimate and the top prices paid online.

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Racecourse event ready to increase size indoor and out

11 August 2025

As Field Dog Fairs, antiques dealer Charlotte Williams launched an antiques weekend 13 years ago at Southwell Racecourse in Nottnghamshire.

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Bridehead revisited: Dorset home delivers a ‘textbook’ bumper country house sale

11 August 2025

Auctions like this don’t come along often these days.

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